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Idaho
The American Folklife Center was created in 1976 by the U.S. Congress through Public Law 94-201 and charged to "preserve and present American folklife." The Center incorporates the Archive
of Folk Culture, which was established at the Library of Congress in 1928, and is now one of the largest collections of ethnographic material from the United States and around the world.
Collections
The collections of the American Folklife Center contain rich and varied
materials from Idaho that document the diversity of the state's folk traditions.
Among its unique recordings are music and folklore from a wide range of
ethnic traditions, including Finnish, Basque, Hispanic, Japanese, and American
Indian. The American Indian holdings include recordings of Chief Joseph
of the Nez Perce, collected by Alice Fletcher, on the occasions of Chief
Joseph's visits to Washington, D.C., in 1897 and 1900.
- Idaho Field Recordings in the Archive of
Folk Culture [full text]
Idaho participated in the Library's Bicentennial Local Legacies project,
which includes documentation of local traditions and celebrations for the
American Folklife Center's Archive of Folk Culture.
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